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#F4E425

#f4e425 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f4e425 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 89.41% green and 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.56% magenta, 84.84% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 55.36°, with 90.39% saturation and 55.1% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.05.

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Relative luminance0.7485

Complementary

  1. #f4e425
  2. #2535f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e425
  2. #259df4
  3. #7c25f4

Analogous

  1. #f47c25
  2. #f4e425
  3. #9df425

Triadic

  1. #f4e425
  2. #25f4e4
  3. #e425f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e425
  2. #35f425
  3. #2535f4
  4. #e425f4

Square

  1. #f4e425
  2. #25f47c
  3. #2535f4
  4. #f4259d

Monochromatic

  1. #7a7106
  2. #c3b40a
  3. #f4e425
  4. #f8ed6e
  5. #fbf6b7

Shades

#f4e425 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e425
  2. #dccd21
  3. #c3b61e
  4. #aba01a
  5. #928916
  6. #7a7213
  7. #625b0f
  8. #49440b
  9. #312e07
  10. #181704
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e425 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e425
  2. #f5e73b
  3. #f6e951
  4. #f7ec66
  5. #f8ef7c
  6. #faf292
  7. #fbf4a8
  8. #fcf7be
  9. #fdfad3
  10. #fefce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e425 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e425
  2. #e8da2e
  3. #ddd037
  4. #d1c640
  5. #c6bc49
  6. #bab253
  7. #aea85c
  8. #a39e65
  9. #97946e
  10. #8c8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e2b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9dc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe439 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd3c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7df00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fae432 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffda9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e425 {
  color: #f4e425;
}
Background
.bg-f4e425 {
  background-color: #f4e425;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e425 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e425;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e425;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 228 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 90% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e425 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e425, #9df425);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e425 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 228 37 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.05 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.94 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.54 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.77 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.44 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.90 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.19 #0b1bda Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f4e425  rgb(244, 228, 37)  hsl(55, 90%, 55%)  Dandelion
#2535f4  rgb(37, 53, 244)  hsl(235, 90%, 55%)  Han Purple
#25f4e4  rgb(37, 244, 228)  hsl(175, 90%, 55%)  Turquoise Blue
#e425f4  rgb(228, 37, 244)  hsl(295, 90%, 55%)  Fuchsia